walk-through

[ wawk-throo ]

/ ˈwɔkˌθru /

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noun

Theater, Television.

a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play.
a perfunctory performance of a script.

Television, Movies. a rehearsal without cameras.

a step-by-step demonstration of a procedure or process or a step-by-step explanation of it as a novice attempts it.

a pedestrian passageway or arcade through the ground floor of a building connecting one street or building with another.

adjective

designed to be walked through by an observer: The zoo has a walk-through aviary where the birds are all around you.

activated by a person passing through: a walk-through electronic scanner at the airport for detecting concealed weapons.

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Origin of walk-through

First recorded in 1935–40; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk through

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How to use walk-through in a sentence

And if you want proof of what the country is really all about, just walk through the National September 11 Memorial Museum.
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The solution they came up with was the scroll, which let viewers walk through the painting as they unfurled it.
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Getting to the stage called for an awkward walk through the bar area.
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When that door opens to sacrifice for Allah will you walk through?
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Broken glass crunches under my feet as I walk through the school.
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He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.
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I want to get into the country; I never walk through a street simply for the pleasure of it.
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In the first third of my road, which lay along the coast, I counted about thirty-two brooks which we were obliged to walk through.
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This minister had been accused by his antagonist of having been seen taking a walk through one of the parks on the Sabbath.
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At Myslovitz I had an indifferent meal, and afterwards went for a walk through the pretty town.
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British Dictionary definitions for walk-through

walk through

/ theatre /

verb

(tr) to act or recite (a part) in a perfunctory manner, as at a first rehearsal

noun walk-through

a rehearsal of a part

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with walk-through

walk through

Perform in a perfunctory fashion, as in She was just walking through her job, hoping to quit very soon. This idiom originally referred to practicing parts in a play at an early rehearsal. It was applied more broadly from the late 1800s. Also see go through the motions.

walk someone through. Instruct someone carefully, one step at a time, as in He was very helpful, walking me through all the steps in this complex computer program.